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Disappointed ! That´s one pretty obvious discrimination statement and just because your first lady is from there ?!

so no world cup for us... again

where did you find this ? and what exactly this is ? Because there absolutely no chance the Hungarian party finish or be ranked 2nd in Slovakia. Absolutely any chance. You can bet whatever you want ! and I am afraid the neo-nazis dickheds will finish much higher than with 36 % (they are too much popular among the first voters and brainwashed youngs)

STATS AFTER PRELIMINARY ROUND Scoring Leaders: 1. William Nylander 17 points (5 Goals + 12 Assists) 2. Nikita Kucherov 15 (6+9) 3. Jakub Voráček 15 (3+12) 4. Michael Frolík 14 (7+7) 5. Anthony Mantha 12 (7+5) 6. Nikita Gusev 12 (3+9) 7. Dominik Simon 11 (4+7) 8. Yevgeni Dadonov 10 (7+3) ------------------------------------------ 25. Martin Marinčin 7 (3+4) Goal Scoring Leaders: 1. Yevgeni Dadonov , Michael Frolík and Anthony Mantha 7 Goals -------------------------------- 8. Matúš Sukeľ 5 Goals Assists Leaders: 1. William Nylander and Jakub Voráček 12 Assists 3. Nikita Gusev and Nikita Kucherov 9 Assists ----------------------------------- 11. Richard Pánik 6 Assists Face-Off Leaders: 1. William Nylander 73.08 % 2. Anton Lander 69.66 % 3. Arttu Ilomaki 68.85 % ---------------------------------- 26. Dávid Buc 55.13 % +/- Leaders (being on the ice when the team scored/conceded goal): 1. William Nylander +15 (+17 -2) 2. Dominik Simon +11 (+15 -4) 3. Jakub Voráček +10 (+14 -4) Most Penalised Players: 1. Patrick Peter 31 minutes 2. Ralfs Freibergs 27 minutes 3. Maris Bičevskis 25 minutes ------------------------------------- 16. Ladislav Nagy 12 minutes Goaltenders Leaders: 1. Carter Hart 96.43 % (3 matches) 2. Andrei Vasilevski 94.57 % (5 matches) 3. Leonardo Genoni 94.25 % (3 matches) Team Scoring Efficiency: 1. Czech Republic 15.66 % 2. Russia 15.45 % 3. Sweden 15.13 % 4. Canada 13.33 % 5. SLOVAKIA 12.61 % 6. United States 11.02 % 7. Germany 10.29 % 8. Norway 10.27 % 9. Switzerland 9.64 % 10. Denmark 8.78 % 11. Finland 8.66 % 12. Latvia 8.64 % 13. France 7.91 % 14. Great Britain 6.77 % 15. Austria 5.52 % 16. Italy 4.17 % Team Power Play Efficiency: 1. Canada 52.63 % 2. United States 43.75 % 3. SLOVAKIA 38.10 % 4. Latvia 34.48 % 5. Sweden 32.00 % 6. Russia 30.43 % 7. Finland and France 25.00 % 9. Czech Republic 23.08 % 10. Denmark 21.88 % 11. Norway 13.64 % 12. Germany 13.04 % 13. Switzerland 11.43 % 14. Austria 9.09 % 15. Great Britain and Italy 0 % Team Penalty Killing Efficiency: 1. Russia and Sweden 90.00 % 3. United States 85.71 % 4. Finland 83.33 % 5. Czech Republic 82.76 % 6. Switzerland 82.61 % 7. Canada 80.95 % 8. Latvia 77.27 % 9. Austria 77.14 % 10. France 76.00 % 11. Germany :GER 75.00 % 12. Denmark :DEN 73.91 % 13. Norway :NOR 69.57 % 14. Italy :ITA 68.18 % 15. SLOVAKIA :SVK 63.16 % 16. Great Britain :GBR 47.83 % Team Penalties: 1. Austria :AUT 99 minutes 2. Latvia :LAT 96 minutes 3. Czech Republic :CZE 90 minutes ------------------------------- 11. SLOVAKIA :SVK 56 minutes all stats on IIHF.COM

Early bet contest will the attendance in SVK pass the 10% ? If not Totallympics I wouldn´t even know the elections are going to be this weekend but yeah, SVK having the astronomical 14 seats in the European Parliament, it is impossible to wonder about the absolute lack of interest in the country + elections during ice hockey worlds lol..crazy peoples and their schedulling

TEAM SLOVAKIA 74 Athletes (45 + 29) ATHLETICS 19 (10+9) M Ján Volko (100m) Šimon Bujna (Mixed 4x400m, Alternate for 100m) Denis Danáč (Pursuit Relay – 400 m, Alternate for Mixed 4x400m) Marco Adrien Drozda (110m Hurdles) Alexander Jablokov (Pursuit Relay 800m) Martin Kučera (Mixed 4x400m) Matúš Bubeník (High Jump) Reserve: Lukáš Beer (High Jump) Jakub Bottlik (110m Hurdles, Pursuit Relay 400m) Patrik Dӧmӧtӧr (Pursuit Relay – 400 m) W Alexandra Bezeková (100m, Mixed 4x400m, Pursuit Relay – 200 m) Iveta Putalová (Mixed 4x400m, Alternate for Pursuit Relay – 600m or 200m) Alexandra Štuková (Pursuit Relay – 600 m) Stanislava Lajčáková (100m Hurdles) Júlia Hanuliaková (Javelin Throw) Lucia Vadlejch (Long Jump, Alternate for 100m Hurdles and for Javelin Throw) Reserve: Daniela Ledecká (Mixed 4x400m and Pursuit Relay – 600m or 200m) Jana Velďáková (Long Jump) Monika Weigertová (100m, Pursuit Relay – 200m) CANOEING SPRINT 14 (8+6) M Csaba Zalka (K1-200m, K4-500m) Ákos Gacsal (K1-1000m) Peter Gelle (K2-1000m) Adam Botek (K2-1000m) Samuel Baláž (K4-500 m, K1-5000m) Erik Vlček (K4-500m) Gábor Jakubík (K4-500m) Matej Rusnák (C1-5000m, C1-1000m) W Ivana Mládková (K1-200m, K1-500m) Gabriela Ladičová (C1-200m) Jessica Zatlkajová (K2-500m) Mariana Petrušová (K2-500m) Lucia Valová (C2-500m) Hana Mikéciová (C2-500m) SHOOTING 10 (5+5) M Erik Varga (Trap, Mixed Trap) Marián Kovačócy (Trap, Mixed Trap) Juraj Tužinský (Air Pistol 10m) Patrik Jány (Air Rifle 10m) Matej Medveď (50m Rifle 3 Positions 3x40) W Zuzana Rehák Štefečeková (Trap, Mixed Trap) Jana Špotáková (Trap, Mixed Trap) Danka Barteková (Skeet) Veronika Sýkorová (Skeet) Martina Maršálková (Air Pistol 10m) ROAD CYCLING 6 (5+1) M Patrik Tybor (Road Race, Individual Time Trial) Marek Čanecký (Road Race, Individual Time Trial) Jan Andrej Cully (Road Race) Juraj Bellan (Road Race) Matúš Štoček (Road Race) W Alžbeta Bačíková-Pavlendová (Road Race, Individual Time Trial) + Track Cycling TRACK CYCLING 5 (3+2) M Martin Chren (Omnium) Štefan Michalička (Scratch) Andrej Strmiska (Points Race) W Alžbeta Bačíková-Pavlendová (Scratch, Omnium, Madison) + Road Cycling Tereza Medveďová (Points Race, Individual Pursuit, Madison) BOXING 6 (6+0) M Viliam Tankó (-60 kg) Michal Takács (-64 kg) Tomáš Zӧld (-69 kg) Andrej Csemez (-75 kg) Matúš Strnisko (-81 kg) Dávid Michálek (-91 kg) JUDO 4 (4+0) M Matej Poliak (-66 kg) Filip Štancel (-81 kg) Peter Žilka (-90 kg) Milan Randl (-90 kg) TABLE TENNIS 4 (2+2) M Ľubomír Pištej (Singles, Mixed Doubles) Wang Yang (Singles) W Barbora Balážová (Singles, Mixed Doubles) Taťjana Kukuľková (Singles) ARCHERY 2 (1+1) M Vladimír Hurban jr. (Individual Recurve, Mixed Recurve) W Denisa Baránková (Individual Recurve, Mixed Recurve) BADMINTON 1 (0+1) W Martina Repiská (Singles) SAMBO 1 (0+1) W Silvia Reviláková (-52 kg) KARATE 1 (0+1) W Miroslava Kopúňová (Kumite -68 kg) ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS 1 (0+1) W Chiara Bunce (Individual All-Around) WRESTLING FREESTYLE 1 (1+0) M Akhsarbek Gulaev (-74 kg)

[hide] Knockout RoundMay 23rd - May 26th, 2019 8 Nations, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match and Gold Medal Match Quarterfinals Date & Time (GMT +2) Nation 1 T1 T2 Nation 2 May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15 Canada 1 Switzerland May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15 Russia 1 United States May 23rd 2019, h. 20:15 Finland 1 Sweden May 23rd 2019, h. 20:15 Czech Republic 2 Germany [/hide]

Anthony Mantha has been assessed by the IIHF Disciplinary panel 1 match suspension. Mantha will miss Canada’s quarter-final game against Switzerland. The suspension is due to a violation of IIHF Rule 124-Checking to the Head and Neck. The incident in question occurred on 21 May, at 29:31 in the 2nd period of the game between Canada and USA. He will be eligible to return for the semi-final round should Canada advance.

Thursday May 23rd, 2019 - Quarterfinals Schedule (GMT +2)  Knockout Round LIVESTREAM Quarterfinals Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Canada vs Switzerland Period-by-Period: May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15, Steel Arena, Košice Russia vs United States Period-by-Period: May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Finland vs Sweden Period-by-Period: May 23rd 2019, h. 20:15, Steel Arena, Košice Russia vs United States Period-by-Period: May 23rd 2019, h. 16:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Seeding for the Semifinals 1. Russia 2. Canada 3. Czech Republic 4. Finland 5. Sweden 6. Germany 7. United States 8. Switzerland Remember that the highest-seeded semi-finalist will play against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist. The 2nd-best ranked semi-finalist will play the 3rd-best ranked semi-finalist

Tournament Format Knockout Round The top-four ranked teams of each Preliminary Round group advance to the quarter-finals that will be played cross-over. The first-place team in each preliminary-round group plays the fourth-place team of the other group, while the second-place team plays the third-place team of the other group. 1A-4B, 2A-3B, 1B-4A, 2B-3A. !!!IMPORTANT CHANGE OF RULES!!! In the semi-finals the best-ranked team - criteria: 1) placement in the group, 2) points in the preliminary round, 3) goal difference in the preliminary round, 4) goals scored in the preliminary round, 5) seeding coming into the tournament - will play against the lowest-ranked semi-finalist. The 2nd-best ranked semi-finalist will play the 3rd-best ranked semi-finalist. Both semi-final games will be played in Bratislava. The best-ranked semi-finalist according to beforementioned criteria, shall play the 15:15 game in Bratislava. The time slots will officially be determined after the quarter-final games. The winning teams of the semi-final games advance to the gold medal game while the semi-final losing teams play for bronze. Overtime Operations Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Bronze Medal Match In case of a tie at the conclusion of regulation time in a Quarter Final, Semi Final and Bronze Medal Game, there will be a 10-minute sudden-death overtime period played after a three-minute intermission. The teams will not change ends. The overtime period shall be played with each team at the numerical strength of three (3) skaters and one (1) goaltender. The team, which scores a goal during this period is the winner. Gold Medal Match In the Gold Medal Game, 20-minute sudden-death overtime periods will be played until the winning goal is scored. Between each period, there will be a 15-minute intermission during which the ice will be resurfaced. The teams will not change ends. The overtime period shall be played with each team at the numerical strength of three (3) skaters and one (1) goaltender. The team which scores a goal in overtime is declared winner. Penalty-Shot Shootout Procedure If no goal is scored in the overtime period then the Penalty-Shot Shootout (PSS) procedure will apply. The following procedure will be utilized: Five different shooters from each team will take alternate shots, until a decisive goal is scored. If the game is still tied after five shots by each team, the PSS will continue with a tie-break shoot out by one player of each team, with a reversed shooting order. The same or new players can take the tie-break shots. The same player can also be used for each shot by a team in the tie-break shoot-out. Only the decisive goal will count in the result of the game ! Shots will be taken at both ends of the ice. The area of the ice to be used will be dry scraped. A coin toss will determine which team takes the first shot, with the winner of the toss having the choice whether his team will shoot first or second. Any player whose penalty was not over when overtime ended cannot take the shots and must stay in the penalty box or in the dressing room. The goaltenders will defend the same goal, as in the overtime period. The goaltenders from each team may be changed after each shot. The players of both teams will take the shots alternately until a decisive goal is scored. Only the decisive goal will count in the result of the game. It shall be credited to the team that scored the goal and charged against the team that was scored upon !

and part II. is even better, when you ask the Brits, what is better Football or hockey (you logically can expect the answer football, but not from these lads lol) ?

Ladislav Nagy. The (until yesterday) last active Slovak Ice Hockey World Champion from 2002 officially and definitively retired yesterday after his last careers match, his 122nd National Team cap. Just for the story, Košice born player and the city hockey legend, played his slast match as captain of his National Team in his home city arena in front of home crowd in his birth place. And yes, he scored the winning goal of the match. That´s what I call retire in style. here the 2 and half minute video after the yesterdays match. definitely worth to watch. Thank you Laci for everything ! Thank you champion !

The Men´s Ice Hockey Qualification as it stands now. The top 8 nations by the IIHF World Ranking 2019 (After the 2019 IIHF World Championships) are qualified directly At the moment it´s in this order (It may obviously change depending on the quarterfinals/seifinals/medal matches but the sure thing is it will change only between the 8 concerned teams) and The ranking from 9th place is finalized and official, so we already know the groups for the OQT The Nations ranked 9th-11th ( and ) will host the final qualification tournaments in September 2020 (Classicla round-robin group tournament, every team play once each opponent of it´s group) The final olympic qualification groups are based according the IIHF World Ranking 2019 as follows Group A : 9th, 14th, 15th, + the lowest ranked team from IIHF WR 2019 qualified from 2nd round ( + Q2ndR ) Group B : 10th, 13th, 16th, + the second highest ranked team from IIHF WR 2019 qualified from 2nd round ( + Q2ndR ) Groups C: 11th, 12th, 17th, + the highest ranked team from IIHF WR 2019 qualified from 2nd round ( + Q2ndR ) Interesting is for example who participated in both last Olympics tournaments, dropped in the ranking into the 18th place, which means they will have to play already in the second round. The Only Top Division team that must play already in the 2nd round is + the newly promoted as well. *Remember, this can still change, because of issue. IIHF promised to China the direct host quota but conditioned it with the need of visible improvements of Chinese ice hockey. The IIHF congress held this week from today until Saturday in Bratislava will review it and Friday is expected to reveil the final verdict. This thing will be highly followed not only in China but also especially in Slovakia. since if the host quota will be removed, our team will qualify directly as the 9th nation and in Slovenia, which will be then put directly into the final OQT instead of playing already in the 2nd round and in Denmark who will then host the Group C final Olympic Qualification Tournament) The 1st round start this year in November, the 2nd round next year in February and the Final OQT as mentioned above next year in September (in order to have available NHLers) Only the winners of the 3 Final OQT will qualify for the Olympic Tournament.

EPIC so a big chance now I lost the gold (I was fighting hard for it the whole previous 11 days) because 1 bad day including the Germany beating Finland, Norway losing to Latvia and the top of the top my totally superdumb prediction of USA-CAN

POWER RANKING Edition 6 21st May 2019 (Day 12) With a huge 7-4 win over defending champion Sweden, the Russians hold down top spot in our sixth Power Rankings as we prepare for the quarter-finals. Canada stays in second place, while Germany jumps up to third place. 1 RUS Comrades, we have turned the Swedish coach’s beard grey! 2 CAN Oh, Mark. How could you go behind Cory’s back like that? 3 GER “Joachim? We decided we need a Finnish coach for Qatar...” 4 FIN Woo hoo, Forsberg and Sundin aren’t playing! 5 SWE Woo hoo, we’ve never heard of any of these dudes! 6 CZE Voracek is voracious, perspicacious, and efficacious 7 SUI All our goalies are good, except that invisible guy 8 USA It’s the Kremlin on Line One 9 SVK We will Ladis-love you forever 10 LAT Elvis? Enjoy Bob’s condo 11 DEN Duckly needs off-season beak surgery 12 NOR Bonsaksen’s goal song is “Hit Me With Your Best Shot” 13 GBR It’s coming home, it’s coming home! 14 ITA Veni, vidi, McMonagle 15 FRA They’re “Bigger Than Us” 16 AUT We like Raffls, not lotteries Click here to check out the previous editions of the Power Rankings. Edition 1 (Day -1) Edition 2 (Day 3) Edition 3 (Day 5) Edition 4 (Day 7) Edition 5 (Day 9) The Power Rankings are for the enjoyment of IIHF.com readers, and reflect the progress of teams during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. They are distinct from the official standings and IIHF World Ranking.

Also this guy is mentioning the China issue..he is usually very well informed..welp, maybe there a room for hope, who knows

DAY 12 IN IMAGES

@Wanderer the Quarterfinals are official now 23rd May 2019 16:15 (Košice) vs 16:15 (Bratislava) vs 20:15 (Košice) vs 20:15 (Bratislava) vs

DAY 12 HIGHLIGHTS Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Sweden 4 - 7 Russia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-6, 3-1 May 21st 2019, h. 20:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Goals: 8. Landeskog (M. Pettersson, E. Pettersson) 1:0, 53. Nylander (Wennberg) 2:6, 57. Ekman-Larsson (E. Pettersson) 3:7, 59. Klingberg (Ekman-Larsson, Nylander) 4:7 - 21. Anisimov (Gusev, Kucherov) 1:1, 25. Dadonov (Sergachyov, Kuznetsov) 1:2, 29. Ovechkin (Malkin, Khafizullin) 1:3, 35. Kaprizov 1:4, 38. Grigorenko 1:5, 38. Malkin (Zadorov, Dadonov) 1:6, 53. Orlov (Barabanov, Telegin) 2:7.

DAY 12 HIGHLIGHTS Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Canada 3 - 0 United States Period-by-Period: 2-0, 1-0, 0-0 May 21st 2019, h. 20:15, Steel Arena, Košice Goals: 2. Dubois (Stone) 1:0, 9. Turris (Mantha) 2:0, 36. McCann (Turris) 3:0.

DAY 12 HIGHLIGHTS Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Norway 1 - 4 Latvia Period-by-Period: 1-0, 0-1, 0-3 May 21st 2019, h. 16:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Goals: 16. Lindström (Holös, Martinsen) 1:0 – 23. Indrašis (Balcers, Blugers) 1:1, 47. Jaks (Balinskis, Indrašis) 1:2, 48. Marenis (Kulda, Balcers) 1:3, 55. Keninš (Indrašis) 1:4.

DAY 12 HIGHLIGHTS Group A Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Slovakia (PSO)2 - 1 Denmark Period-by-Period: 0-0, 1-0, 0-1, Overtime: 0-0, Penalty Shoot-Out: 1-0 May 21st 2019, h. 16:15, Steel Arena, Košice Goals: 40. Marinčin (Studenič, Nagy) 1:0, the Winning Penalty Shoot-Out Scored by Nagy 2:1 PSO - 47. Bödker (Russel, Aabo Jensen) 1:1. 

DAY 12 HIGHLIGHTS Group B Central European Summer Time (GMT +2) Czech Republic 5 - 4 Switzerland Period-by-Period: 1-1, 3-1, 1-2 May 21st 2019, h. 12:15, Ondrej Nepela Arena, Bratislava Goals: 13. Voráček (Kovář, Frolík) 1:1, 21. Simon (Voráček, Hronek) 2:1, 27. Frolík (Voráček, Simon) 3:1, 29. Kubalík (Simon) 4:2, 59. Rutta 5:4 – 3. Frick (Martschini, Scherwey) 0:1, 27. Scherwey (Martschini, Kurashev) 3:2, 42. Scherwey (Weber, Martschini) 4:3, 57. Niederreiter (Josi, Hischier) 4:4.

It was the same also before PC 2018 and Sochi 2014 as well if I remember correctly